† vergoynousadj.
Obsolete.
Ashamed.
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the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective]
ashamedOE
shamefastc1275
shamefulc1440
hontous?1473
vergoynous1484
shamed1508
shamefaced1873
shame1883
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxxxiiii. 179 Wherof he was moche vergoynous and shamefull.
c1500 Melusine (1895) iv. 21 Whan Raymondyn herde thus spek hys vncle, he was in hymself vergoynouse.
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